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This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Turquoise.
Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vigo, after the Battle of Vigo Bay.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Belleisle after Belle Île off the coast of Brittany:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Campbeltown, after Campbeltown in Scotland, with a third announced:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wild Swan:
Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Worcester, after the English city of Worcester:
Five ships of the Royal Navy and an air station of the Royal Naval Air Service have borne the name HMS Landrail, another name for the bird more commonly named a corn crake:
Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named Blanco Encalada after Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876), a Vice Admiral and Chile's first President
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English city of Winchester:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Osprey, after the bird of prey the Osprey:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chiddingfold after the fox hunt at Petworth, Sussex:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griffon, an alternative spelling of the legendary creature, the Griffin. Another ship was planned, but later cancelled and reordered from a different dockyard:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sabrina. Another was planned but never completed:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Waterloo, after the Battle of Waterloo. A third ship was planned but never completed:
Several ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medina, after the River Medina on the Isle of Wight: